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  • The Bunnies Did It!

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    I wrote about rabbits, the damage they can do to our gardens, and how to identify and dissuade them from feasting on our plants, in the April issue of the Massachusetts Master Gardener’s newsletter, The Dirt. You can sign up here to receive it direct to your inbox!

  • Native spring flowers

    Native spring flowers

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    Native spring flowers fill my small woodland garden in Boston, and are on view at public gardens, too. I have been especially captivated by woodland phlox, trout lilies, Jacob’s ladder, foamflowers and bloodroot. The Wakefield Arboretum in Milton Massachusetts has a gorgeous display of Virginia bluebells, and if you visit Delaware, the Mt. Cuba Center…

  • Indoor blooms in midwinter?

    Indoor blooms in midwinter?

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    April edit: in New England we are still having some gloomy days, and guess what?  This amaryllis “Hot Lips” above (that I bought from John Scheepers) is STILL blooming!  By that I mean that these little bulbs have each put out at least 2 stems of flowers, and one bulb is on its third!  It’s…

  • Beauty in winter

    Beauty in winter

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    There’s snow on the ground, but I do have some pops of color in the garden, especially from my winterberry plants, and the ‘cranberries’ of American Cranberry Bush (Viburnum trilobum ‘Winterthur’). The greens and golds of evergreen conifers and shrubs also provide winter color.

  • Winter [Seed] Sowing

    Winter [Seed] Sowing

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    I have never been inclined to start seeds indoors, as I don’t have the set up or the patience. But learning about winter sowing has changed all that! All you need is milk jugs (or plant pots, with hardware cloth to cover them), scissors, duct tape, soil, labels and seeds for plants that require cold ‘stratification’ (fancy…